Publisher's Synopsis
The Fifth Edition of AT A GLANCE: PARAGRAPHS, International Edition guides you through the process of prewriting and writing paragraphs and optional short essays in specific and combined rhetorical modes. This text features forty integrated reading selections (with accompanying quizzes on the Student Companion Site), optional reading-based writing instruction (summary, reaction, and two-part response), a chapter introducing the short essay, a chapter that includes basic documentation with the 2009 MLA Update, and a brief handbook (supported by exercises and quizzes on the Student Companion Site).
